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A note of compassion to poor, old Charles Krauthammer Friday, Jun 10 2016
Uncategorized monetary non-sovereignty, monetary sovereignty, southern strategy, trump birther, trump Paul ryan	Rodger Malcolm Mitchell 3:26 pm
I feel great compassion for the "tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of some teeming shore, the homeless, and tempest-tost."
So how could I not feel the same compassion for Republicans that columnist Charles Krauthammer feels?
To say he tilts right is to say Serena Williams plays tennis. She really, really plays tennis, and he really, really falls over to the right.
Today, his article titled, "Definitely not Paul Ryan's favorite part of the party," lamented Donald Trump's rise to the top of the Republican party and how this was so sad for Ryan, for the Republican Party, and for Krauthammer.
The morning after, the nation awakes asking: What have we done?
Both parties seem intent on throwing the election away.
Whom do the Republicans put up? They had 17 candidates. Any of a dozen could have taken down the near-fatally weak Clinton, unloved, untrusted, living under the shadow of an FBI investigation.
Any of a dozen? Is he talking about the worst, tone-deaf, mean-spirited, bigoted assemblage of men and women ever to grace the election debate stage? Good heavens, where is Sarah Palin when we need her? Her ignorance would be a vast improvement.
Instead, they nominate Donald Trump — conspiracy theorist (from Barack Obama's Kenyan birth to Ted Cruz's father's involvement with Lee Harvey Oswald), fabulist (from his own invented opposition to the Iraq War and the Libya intervention to the "thousands and thousands" of New Jersey Muslims celebrating 9/11), admirer of strongmen (from Vladimir Putin to the butchers of Tiananmen).
His outrageous provocations have been brilliantly sequenced so that the shock of the new extinguishes the memory of the last.
Though perhaps not his most recent — his gratuitous attack on a "Mexican" federal judge (born and bred in Indiana) for inherent bias because of his ethnicity.
"Textbook racism," averred Speaker Paul Ryan.. Even Trump acolyte and possible running mate Newt Gingrich called it inexcusable.
Trump promptly doubled down, expanding the universe of the not-to-be-trusted among us by adding American Muslims to the list of those who might be inherently biased.
Yet Trump is the party's chosen. He won the primary contest fair and square. The people have spoken. What to do?
Well, apparently "what to do" requires massive, right-wing denial. The Republicans lapped up Trump's "birther" lies like starving dogs around the meat bowl.
In bemoaning Trump's obvious bigotry, the Republicans love to refer to themselves as the "party of Lincoln," the legendary President who freed the slaves from bigoted slaveholders.
Republicans are as much the "party of Lincoln" as (to continue the sports metaphor) the so-far, hapless Chicago Cubs are the team of Mordecai (three-finger) Brown, the legendary star of the Cubs' last championship, way back in 1908.
We're talking about the Republican Party that during the Nixon years, invented the "Southern Strategy," the political action designed to take advantage of inherent Southern bigotry.
We're talking about the Republican Party that lost any moral standing, when it allowed itself to be taken over by the Tea Party, whose fundamental purpose was, and remains, to cut spending for programs that benefit the middle and lower income groups, and to cut taxes on the rich.
We're talking about the Republican party, so saturated with hatred for Obama and the poor, that Republican governors forced their residents to pay billions more in taxes, just so the poor could not benefit from Medicaid expansion.
We're talking about a right-wing Supreme Court, so enamored of the rich, that it decided money is free speech, and corporations actually are people whose religious beliefs take precedence over the religious beliefs of their employees. — a Supreme Court whose spiritual leader regularly accepted "gifts" from wealthy potential litigants.
The Republicans main objection to Trump's disgraceful and cowardly wall, and his plan to destroy poor families by rounding up and deporting 11 million men, women, and children (many of whom would be American citizens), had nothing to do with immorality. The right-wing was concerned (mildly) about the cost.
In right wing morals: Guns are wonderful, but browns and blacks and gays and transgenders and yellows and Muslims and undocumented immigrant families are evil.
We're talking about a Republican party that has indoctrinated its "base" with lies about immigrant criminality, while also lying that the rich are "makers" and the poor are "takers."
So why has Trump, a wealthy bigot, now come as such a shock to Republicans and specifically to Krauthammer? Trump is their own Frankenstein monster, desired, bought, and paid for.
First, dare to say that the people aren't always right. Surely Republicans admit the possibility. Or do they believe the people chose rightly in electing Obama?
Or even more aptly, did the people choose right (far right) in electing Bush, the abominable liar, who caused the Great Recession, and whose Iraq war has infected and will continue to infect the Middle East for generations?
I sympathize with the dilemma of Republican leaders reluctant to affirm. Many are as appalled as I am by Trump, but they don't have the freedom I do to say, as I have publicly, that I cannot imagine ever voting for him. They have unique party and institutional responsibilities.
Phooey! There is no "dilemma" and there are no "unique responsibilities." Today's Republican party cares only to win at all costs, even at the cost of America.
How else can you describe the unprecedented refusal even to consider any Obama Supreme Court nominee, for at least a year?
How else can you describe repeated threats to enforce the ridiculous debt ceiling, and bring the nation to its knees?
How else can you describe fifty (or is it sixty) votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act (i.e Romneycare), while having no plan for a replacement?
Perhaps my memory is wanting, and perhaps you will assist me, but can you name one Republican action that was meant to benefit the poor, the black, the brown, or any member of the underclass as opposed to benefiting the rich?
If Krauthammer is "appalled by Trump," he should have been appalled by a Republican Party of rich bigots, who took over well before Trump emerged.
For some, that meant endorsing Trump in the belief that they might be able to contain, constrain, guide and perhaps even educate him. To my mind, this thinking has always been hopelessly misbegotten but not necessarily — nor in all cases — venal.
He thinks some Republicans hoped to "contain, constrain, guide and perhaps educate" Trump? Oh, puleeze. Do you really believe any had such a hope? Their only — ONLY — concern is that he can't win, because the American public is not so stupid as to vote for him. The minute they believe he is a winner, they all will come a'kissing up.
Which brings us to the matter of Paul Ryan, now being excoriated by many conservatives for having said he would vote for Trump.
Yet what was surprising was not Ryan's ever-so-tepid semi-endorsement, which was always inevitable and unavoidable — but his initial refusal to endorse Trump when, after the Indiana primary, nearly everyone around him was falling mindlessly, some shamelessly, into line.
In the end, Ryan called an armistice. What was he to do? Oppose and resign? And then what? What would remain of conservative leadership in the GOP? And if he created a permanent split in the party, he'd be setting up the GOP's entire conservative wing as scapegoat if Trump loses in November.
Ryan had no good options. He chose the one he felt was least damaging to the conservative cause to which he has devoted his entire adult life.
How heroic of Ryan. He said, "No," for moral reasons, but in the end, he said "Yes," to save the conservative wing — the conservative wing for which compassion and morality are alien terms??? Ah, the lying never ends.
And who will be the scapegoat if Trump WINS in November? Who will admit, "We elected the worst human being in America to be President, but at least we defeated Hillary and we won the Presidency. And after all, that's the only thing that counts, isn't it?"
One day, we shall all have to account for what we did and what we said in this scoundrel year. For now, we each have our conscience to attend to.
Fear not, Charles. Conscience is of least concern to today's Republican party, the party not of Lincoln, but of Nixon and Bush.
Now get out there and deport the Mexican parents of American children.
1. ELIMINATE FICA (Ten Reasons to Eliminate FICA )
Although the article lists 10 reasons to eliminate FICA, there are two fundamental reasons:
*FICA is the most regressive tax in American history, widening the Gap by punishing the low and middle-income groups, while leaving the rich untouched, and
*The federal government, being Monetarily Sovereign, neither needs nor uses FICA to support Social Security and Medicare.
2. FEDERALLY FUNDED MEDICARE — PARTS A, B & D, PLUS LONG TERM CARE — FOR EVERYONE (H.R. 676, Medicare for All )
This article addresses the questions:
*Does the economy benefit when the rich afford better health care than the rest of Americans?
*Aside from improved health care, what are the other economic effects of "Medicare for everyone?"
*How much would it cost taxpayers?
*Who opposes it?"
3. PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC BONUS TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN AMERICA, AND/OR EVERY STATE, A PER CAPITA ECONOMIC BONUS (The JG (Jobs Guarantee) vs the GI (Guaranteed Income) vs the EB) Or institute a reverse income tax.
This article is the fifth in a series about direct financial assistance to Americans:
Why Modern Monetary Theory's Employer of Last Resort is a bad idea. Sunday, Jan 1 2012
MMT's Job Guarantee (JG) — "Another crazy, rightwing, Austrian nutjob?" Thursday, Jan 12 2012
Why Modern Monetary Theory's Jobs Guarantee is like the EU's euro: A beloved solution to the wrong problem. Tuesday, May 29 2012
"You can't fire me. I'm on JG" Saturday, Jun 2 2012
Economic growth should include the "bottom" 99.9%, not just the .1%, the only question being, how best to accomplish that. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) favors giving everyone a job. Monetary Sovereignty (MS) favors giving everyone money. The five articles describe the pros and cons of each approach.
4. FREE EDUCATION (INCLUDING POST-GRAD) FOR EVERYONEFive reasons why we should eliminate school loans
Monetarily non-sovereign State and local governments, despite their limited finances, support grades K-12. That level of education may have been sufficient for a largely agrarian economy, but not for our currently more technical economy that demands greater numbers of highly educated workers.
Because state and local funding is so limited, grades K-12 receive short shrift, especially those schools whose populations come from the lowest economic groups. And college is too costly for most families.
An educated populace benefits a nation, and benefiting the nation is the purpose of the federal government, which has the unlimited ability to pay for K-16 and beyond.
5. SALARY FOR ATTENDING SCHOOL
Even were schooling to be completely free, many young people cannot attend, because they and their families cannot afford to support non-workers. In a foundering boat, everyone needs to bail, and no one can take time off for study.
If a young person's "job" is to learn and be productive, he/she should be paid to do that job, especially since that job is one of America's most important.
6. ELIMINATE CORPORATE TAXES
Corporations themselves exist only as legalities. They don't pay taxes or pay for anything else. They are dollar-tranferring machines. They transfer dollars from customers to employees, suppliers, shareholders and the government (the later having no use for those dollars).
Any tax on corporations reduces the amount going to employees, suppliers and shareholders, which diminishes the economy. Ultimately, all corporate taxes come around and reappear as deductions from your personal income.
7. INCREASE THE STANDARD INCOME TAX DEDUCTION, ANNUALLY. (Refer to this.)
Federal taxes punish taxpayers and harm the economy. The federal government has no need for those punishing and harmful tax dollars. There are several ways to reduce taxes, and we should evaluate and choose the most progressive approaches.
Cutting FICA and corporate taxes would be an good early step, as both dramatically affect the 99%. Annual increases in the standard income tax deduction, and a reverse income tax also would provide benefits from the bottom up. Both would narrow the Gap.
8. TAX THE VERY RICH (THE ".1%) MORE, WITH HIGHER PROGRESSIVE TAX RATES ON ALL FORMS OF INCOME. (TROPHIC CASCADE)
There was a time when I argued against increasing anyone's federal taxes. After all, the federal government has no need for tax dollars, and all taxes reduce Gross Domestic Product, thereby negatively affecting the entire economy, including the 99.9%.
But I have come to realize that narrowing the Gap requires trimming the top. It simply would not be possible to provide the 99.9% with enough benefits to narrow the Gap in any meaningful way. Bill Gates reportedly owns $70 billion. To get to that level, he must have been earning $10 billion a year. Pick any acceptable Gap (1000 to 1?), and the lowest paid American would have to receive $10 million a year. Unreasonable.
9. FEDERAL OWNERSHIP OF ALL BANKS (Click The end of private banking and How should America decide "who-gets-money"?)
Banks have created all the dollars that exist. Even dollars created at the direction of the federal government, actually come into being when banks increase the numbers in checking accounts. This gives the banks enormous financial power, and as we all know, power corrupts — especially when multiplied by a profit motive.
Although the federal government also is powerful and corrupted, it does not suffer from a profit motive, the world's most corrupting influence.
10. INCREASE FEDERAL SPENDING ON THE MYRIAD INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT AMERICA'S 99.9% (Federal agencies)Browse the agencies. See how many agencies benefit the lower- and middle-income/wealth/ power groups, by adding dollars to the economy and/or by actions more beneficial to the 99.9% than to the .1%.
Save this reference as your primer to current economics. Sadly, much of the material is not being taught in American schools, which is all the more reason for you to use it.
6 Responses to A note of compassion to poor, old Charles Krauthammer
ejhr2015 says:
The pity of it is that Trump is a safer option for president than HRC.
This is what Trump meant when he said the U.S. should "negotiate" its debts:
'Deadbeat Donald' caught refusing to pay his bills
The new report added, "The actions in total paint a portrait of Trump's sprawling organization frequently failing to pay small businesses and individuals, then sometimes tying them up in court and other negotiations for years. In some cases, the Trump teams financially overpower and outlast much smaller opponents, draining their resources.
Some just give up the fight, or settle for less; some have ended up in bankruptcy or out of business altogether."
The 1% screwing the 99%. What could the Republicans not like about that?
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McConnell agrees Trump's ignorance is a problem
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Donald Trump needs to pick an experienced running mate because "he doesn't know a lot about the issues" and strongly urged him to change course on his rhetoric. […]
"He needs someone highly experienced and very knowledgeable because it's pretty obvious he doesn't know a lot about the issues," McConnell said. "You see that in the debates in which he's participated."
Would you hire an inexperienced doctor, lawyer, plumber, accountant or baseball player? No? But how about an inexperienced guy for the most important job in the world? That O.K.?
You are shaking in your boots. Trump is almost surely to beat Hillary. Thats what you are afraid.
The GOP is nothing more than a faction of the democratic party. All talk about not letting obamacare pass, defunding it, etc… Thats what conservatives are sick of – the all talk and no action of the GOP.
What we are witnessing is a move to extremes, conservatives want a real conservative and liberals want a communist. The only reason bernie didnt win is because of the strength of the democrat machine. If he had the money, he would have won like trump.
I am not for all trump says but this is the best the gop has put up since reagan. He should do as reagan and work with real economists like friedman. I believe america will benefit from trump.
Just curious, Danny: Which of Trump's policy statements most appeals to you?
dan brier says:
Just curiouser, Rodger, Which of Hillary's policy statements most appeal to
That's the answer someone gives when they don't have an answer.
Here's my answer. I like her positions on:
1. Climate change (Unlike Trump, she acknowledges it's a problem and here are her proposals: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate/
2. Criminal Justice Reform: (Trump admits he has no proposals, only suggestions. Here are hers) https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/criminal-justice-reform/
3. Fixing the infrastructure: (Trump wants to build a wall.) https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/infrastructure/
4. LGBT rights: (She feels these people have rights. Trump doesn't) https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/lgbt-equality/
And others.
See, that wasn't so hard in Hillary's case.
But as I said, Trump already has stated he has no positions, only suggestions. (See: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/279792-trump-anything-i-say-now-is-a-suggestion)
There are others, but you don't really want to know about them, do you?
If you want to state legitimate ideas, you always will be welcome. But if you just want to continue calling names and acting belligerently, you can do that on your own web site.


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Air France offsets 100% of its CO2 emissions from domestic flights, from January 1st, 2020
From January 1st, 2020, Air France offsets 100% of its CO2 emissions from domestic flights, in mainland France, which represents 450 flights and 57,000 passengers per day.
This statement of purpose has been made by Anne Rigail, CEO of Air France, on last Octobre 1st and this compensation will take the form of participation in projects certified by recognized organizations. The airline has already taken sustainable steps: waste sorting on board its flights to Paris which concerns plastic, cartons, aluminium and glass, elimination of single-use plastic items on board its aircraft from the end of 2019(*).
This step is the first of a series of quantified commitments by 2030: consumption limited to 3 litres of fuel consumption per passenger per 100km and reduction by 50% of its CO2 emissions per passenger as well as the carbon neutrality of its ground operations. In order to fulfill its commitments, the airline is modernizing its short-, medium- and long-haul fleet.
From June 1st, 2020, all its flights from San Francisco will be fed with sustainable alternative fuel. Air France has a partnership with the Solar Impulse Foundation, to accelerate the adoption of economically and environmentally viable solutions in the aviation sector in the fields of carbon emissions, waste and noise. Some of these economically feasible solutions will be used by Air France and they will all be made available to the aviation industry.
(*) i.e. 1,300 fewer tonnes of plastic per year.
Photo © Air France
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Current Status May 29,08>>I have uploaded a new version of the Editor. This version fixes some problems.
This project is a for creating a simple 3D modeler program for Object3Ds.
With the current version you can create an Object3D from scratch or open up any Object that jpct can load and edit it(3DS,ASC,MD2...).
By editing I mean: setting polygon textures, setting whole object textures, changing polygon vertex data, and adding pre-built objects(cubes, triangles, spheres, planes...) to an object. Plus a few more settings.
When you have the object looking how you want it, you can save a serialized version of the object's mesh, a xml file that contains just the object specified by the jpct dtd, or a xml file that cotains jpct xml file, and extra information that you set in the editor. This third option will copies the necessary image files in to the directory in which you save the xml file. There is a jar file(with class files in it) that you can use to load the object for your jpct program from the xml file. The source is also there.
This is the current version of the program. It has everything implemented! If you have find a bug, please tell me!
This download contains all the files necessary to run the program. It also contains the source.
The number after the Xmx option is the minimum amount of memory necessary to run the program. If you are running the program with large objects, and it crashes with a java heap space exception, I suggest you increase the number.
If anyone downloads it, and you have a question, just ask.
Here the program is running with some transparent triangles with textureinfo.
Here is a quick step-by-step to create an object and add a triangle to it.
2: fill in the max triangles and the name of the Object3D as seen here.
3: Click on the corresponding button in the left panel which has the title of your new object3d as its title.
The scroll ares will then update to reflect the selected object that the button represents.
4: Scroll down in the left scroll area and click the triangle button.
5. Then fill in the values for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd vectors. The row next to the 1 represent the values for what you could picture as in addTriangle(1strow,2ndrow,3rdrod); Then click the done button.
Here are some instructions on how to move the camera.
Some instructions on changing vertex data of polygon.
I tried out a different image hoster. This image hoster also allowed me to resize the image so now it isn't so big. Hope this one loads. It wouldn't load for me either today, but when I tried looked at it tonight, it loaded. Maybe this host will work better. Thanks for telling me that.!
I got some time to work on the project, and it is in usable shape. All the buttons don't work, and I am going to change how the camera panel works, but now you can create a new object, add triangles to it, and save it as a serialized object file. I just added the serialize option, so I could save the Object3D in some way.
If you want to check it out you can download the zip file here.
This includes the source, which is not cleaned up yet.
Just to let anyone know, this project isn't dead. I am still working on it, but I am considering changing the implementation because the program is hogging mem and I think there is too much coupling.
So, to anybody who was interested in using the program in the future-it may be a while before its done; but I still want to build it.
If you don't mind, i'll add it to the projects page next week and link to this thread and to the download. Is the download representing the current version?
Thats fine if you put it on the projects page. Yes that link is to the latest version.
By the way, that link is to a free file hoster I found, so my file will expire in 30 days unless I reupload it. Do you know of a free file manager that I could use that doesn't require information other than email that will host files for longer than 30days? I don't mind reuploading it, but every time I reupload it, you would have to re-create the link on the projects page.
I hope when I get the program done, it will help to make the engine more popular.
I'm not sure what you mean about nothing more than email, but filefront is a great file hoster that's free and never stops. It has unlimited downloads. You have to join and get a password. You can keep a blog there too if you want.
I don't want to give the file hoster any personal info but an email address. For instance, youtube requires a zip code.
I uploaded the latest version of the program. It isn't a lot different than the previous version except that how I have the program looking is how it is going to stay. I'm not going to change it again. If someone downloads the app, and has a question about how to do something, just post it here, and I will respond asap.
Some menus are not usable on 1280*1024, because the 3d canvas is rendered on top them them. Apart from that, i'm unable to add create something that is actually visible in the 3d canvas. Can you give short step-by-step-introduction of how to add a primitive and view it (for example a cube)? I managed to add a cube (at least i think so), it's just that i don't see it in the canvas!?
I posted a new version with some fixes.
Some menus are not usable on 1280*1024, because the 3d canvas is rendered on top them them.
I noticed that, but forgot about fixing. It is now fixed.
Apart from that, i'm unable to add create something that is actually visible in the 3d canvas. Can you give short step-by-step-introduction of how to add a primitive and view it (for example a cube)? I managed to add a cube (at least i think so), it's just that i don't see it in the canvas!?
Sorry, I forgot to say that everything in the previous version did not respond how it seemed how it should respond. I uploaded a new version, and anything that does not respond, is disabled or says <>NOT YET IMPLEMENTED<> beside its text. So, actually when you clicked cube, nothing happened. In this version, all that can be added is triangles, but I hope to allow more objects to be added.
The download at the top of the page reflects the latest changes.
There may not be an update on this project for a while. I'm stuck with terrain creation because I just can't get it fast enough, and I believe that will be the same thing when I start working on shaper. So, I may quit this project, or step back from it. I don't know. I almost always finish the things I start, but I have been working with this terrain thing for a month and I just can't get it faster.
If someone wants the current source, I will upload it. Its pretty messy, but I will answer any questions about it.
Jman, Very nice Swing usage; really impressive. I'd certainly be interested in the source code and perhaps, time permitting, I could add a thing or two to your Editor. Also, I'd be happy to host the files on Icebase10.com so you don't have to deal with the odd file hosting services out there.
Jman, Very nice Swing usage; really impressive.
Thanks. Swing is super easy so it wasn't all that hard. But thanks anyways.
I'd certainly be interested in the source code and perhaps, time permitting, I could add a thing or two to your Editor.
If you get some time and want to add something sure! That would be great. I was working on it this morning and I think I have the terrain mod fast enough. I'd like it faster, but its good enough for creating terrains. So, when I get the terrain mod done a little more I'll upload the current source.
Also, I'd be happy to host the files on Icebase10.com so you don't have to deal with the odd file hosting services out there.
You can host it. That's fine with me. I'll also put it on my free (Junky)Yahoo site when I get it a little more done.


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Q: Fluent map (composite) primary key I am trying to use the fluent syntax to map a primary key comprising the ID from the parent table, plus the ID from this table.  To illustrate:
Order                               OrderLine
-------------                       -------------
OrderID                             OrderID
OrderDate                           OrderLineID
Total                               Product
etc                                 Quantity
(OrderID is the primary key)        etc
                                    (OrderID, OrderLineID is the primary key)

The OrderLine class has an Order property (and therefore, no OrderID property).
public class Order                              public class OrderLine
{                                               {
  public int OrderID { get; set; }                public int OrderLineID { get; set; }
  public DateTime OrderDate { get; set; }         public Product Product { get; set; }
  public double Total { get; set; }               public int Quantity { get; set; }
}
                                                  public virtual Order Order { get; set; }
                                                }

How do i identify that the OrderLine includes the ID of the Order in it's primary key?
I tried:
modelBuilder.Entity<OrderLine>().HasKey(ol => new { ol.Order.OrderID, ol.OrderLineID });

but I get the following error:
The properties expression 'ol => new <>f__AnonymousType0`2(OrderID = ol.Order.OrderID, OrderLineID = ol.OrderLineID)' is not valid.
The expression should represent a property:
    C#: 't => t.MyProperty'  VB.Net: 'Function(t) t.MyProperty'.
When specifying multiple properties use an anonymous type:
    C#: 't => new { t.MyProperty1, t.MyProperty2 }'  VB.Net: 'Function(t) New With { t.MyProperty1, t.MyProperty2 }'.

As far as I can tell from the error message, I'm using the correct syntax, but it appears to indicate I need the ID property of the parent Order as a property in the OrderLine class - which seems to negate the point of having an Order property in the class in the first place.
So, do I need an explicit OrderID property in the OrderLine class (even though I already have an Order property) or is there something I'm not doing in the mapping to identify the primary key correctly?

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By turns insightful and horrifying, this unprecedented research is a must for any serious scholar of the period and anyone interested in exploring the truth behind the image of an 'unblemished Wehrmact'.
This edition includes a revised introduction.
Located in an idyllic setting north of London, Trent Park was an historic mansion house used by British Intelligence during WWII as its Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre for the UK. Detained there were officers not only from the German Army, but also the navy, Air Force and Waffen SS, whose conversations were carefully monitored and recorded by staff in the so-called 'M-Room', using what was then the most modern technology. What emerges is interesting, for all sorts of reasons. Editor Sonke Neitzel here reproduces, in one volume, a selection of nearly 200 of the transcripts, opting for a thematic rather than chronological arrangement of the material. Key issues are presented under three main headings: 'Politics, Strategy and Different Camps' (Documents 1-82); 'War Crimes' (83-144) and 'Reactions to 20 July 1944' (145-167). These incorporate first-hand accounts of events from around 90 of the officers passing through the Centre between the years 1942 and 1945. If, as Ian Kershaw points out in the Introduction, there are not representative in the strictly 'scientific' sense, they are, nevertheless, indicative of a wide range of opinion. Officers did generally divide into two opposite camps, however, as personified by Generals Cruwell and von Thoma.
Covert recording could, and did, bypass many of the difficulties associated with direct interrogation: the subjects, surprisingly enough, let their guard down and spoke their mind. This makes it possible for us to arrive at an estimate of the extent to which Nazism had taken root within the military, and what officers knew, or at any rate suspected, about war crimes and crimes against humanity. Were atrocities the work of the SS and police alone, or did the Wehrmacht have any part to play? Was it true that refusing to obey an order would get a man shot? Answers to these and other questions will be found in these pages, and challenge much of the mythology which has been in circulation ever since the war ended (see pp. 204-5; 207-8; 217; 218; 221 and 223). Some of this makes chilling reading. Revelations include events from the Holocaust not documented elsewhere and a direct admission from someone not previously thought by historians to have been a perpetrator (see Docs. 106, 116 and 129).
We find out where officers stood on the questions of the Oath of Allegiance and Military necessity, how Hitler was able to manipulate potentially difficult commanders like Dietrich and Guderian and, sensationally, learn for the first time of the fear within the Nazi Leader himself as the war span out of control ("breathing fire, scared and shaking", according to one observer).
Professor Neitzel prefaces the whole with scholarly analysis of the background to, and content of, these important records and follows them with biographical notes on the dramatis personae. And as these transcripts were not declassified until 1996, we may safely assume that most of the participants died without ever realising they had been 'tapped'!
Stephanie A. Jefford
One of the best books on the intelligence war published in the last decade.
World War II Quarterly
A compelling read.
Nicholas Clee, The Bookseller
Fascinating and chilling.
BBC History Magazine
One of the most important books on World War II to be published in the last thirty years, this is a fascinating collection of documents with an illuminating commentary and introduction.
Tim Newark
These extracts exert a grim fascination. They represent a unique and unmediated window into the minds of a military elite brutalised by the First World War, embittered by what they saw as Germany's unjust treatment, and finally ensnared in the seductive coils of Hitler's radical nationalism.
Richard Overy, The Daily Telegraph
Sönke Nietzel's fine book is essential reading. Anyone who wants to understand the part the German army played in Nazi atrocities should start here.
Gary Sheffield
Professor Neitzel's research opens up to us previously untapped rich sources for exploring the mentality of Germany's military elite . . . For this excellent edition we are very much in his debt.
A goldmine of information about what the German High Command privately thought of the war, Adolph Hitler, the Nazis and each other.
Andrew Roberts, Daily Mail
Outstanding scholarship creates vivid portraits through the secretly recorded conversations of captive German generals; a powerful insight not only into World War Two history in the uncensored words of those who made it but also of how those minds reacted to captivity. The two factions which formed around the anti nazi General Von Thoma & the very pro nazi General Cruwell illustrate better than any example I can recall the innate hypocrisy of the Third Reich & those that served it so slavishly. Biographies & detailed notes make this book a feast. I would recommend this book not only to those interested in history but also psychology.
Amazon five star review
Sonke Nietzel's fine book TAPPING HITLER'S GENERALS is essential reading. Anyone who wants to understand the part the German army played in Nazi atrocities should start here.
Gary Sheffield Professor of War Studies
World War II Quarterly 2008
The Daily Telegraph - Aug 2007
Fascinating and chilling
A compelling read
Nicholas Clee, former editor of The Bookseller
About Sonke Neitzel
SÖNKE NEITZEL is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics, having also held positions at the universities of Glasgow, Saarbrucken, Bern and Mainz. He is the author of seven books, including the best-selling Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying and appeared on the major Channel 4 documentary Spying on Hitler's Army.
About Ian Kershaw
IAN KERSHAW is the author of a number of critically acclaimed works including the epic two-part biography of Hitler entitled Hitler: Hubris 1889–1936 and Hitler: Nemesis 1936–1945.
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Can't you tell you are sleeping?
How far can you go with unopened eyes?
Our years in Taos, New Mexico encouraged us to keep our eyes wide open. We lived at some 7,500 feet elevation in clear, dry air, and at night it seemed much of the visible universe dropped low enough for us to reach up and grab a star or two. Those kinds of starry nights happen occasionally here in Maine, but not quite with the same electric power of the high-altitude Southwest. At night in Taos, one can truly see.
In late March 1997, we opted for a two night road trip down to Silver City, NM, a smallish city of some 10,000 people sitting at about 6,000 feet above sea level, tucked just south of Gila National Forest in the state's southwest quadrant. It's hard not to like Silver City – it's a congenial place, part old-timey western (Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy spent a lot of time here), part boutique-y and New Age-y. People who lived here made a conscious choice to be seduced into isolation, away from cities, airports, major highways.
At night after supper we drove east of town away from its lights into the darkness, found a dirt road that crept up a hillside, and we parked. We wanted to watch the skies.
Hale-Bopp, March 1997, Wikipedia Commons. I could find no images of both the comet and lunar eclipse in one shot, but I'm sure there are some out there.
Like certain other astronomical events, the pairing of the comet and the eclipsed moon – along with some meteors – would likely be a once-in-your-life experience. We watched for an hour or more with deep appreciation for what the skies can show us, at these lofty elevations.
"Watch the Skies" is a kind of tag or slogan associated with Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, released to wide acclaim in 1977. One of its not-too-subtle messages is that when we don't look up, we miss things. Most of us, most of the time, have our eyes roughly on the edge of our personal ecliptic – straight ahead, toward one horizon or another. What got the film's hero Roy Neary into trouble (and later, into an epiphany) was sticking his head out his truck window to look up and getting zapped by a spaceship with a sharp light carrying an implanted subliminal vision.
Some ten years before Hale-Bopp, when I lived in the Northeast, I was driving shortly after dusk some summer night to retrieve my daughter from a birthday party in a neighboring town. My car then was an aging Subaru with a sun roof, which was wide open. This town was largely rural, with some longish empty roads. In a sequence that took only a few seconds I had one of the strangest experiences of my life. Something bright was over me. I looked up and saw what I thought was the belly of a jetliner, 737-sized, a mere fifty feet or so over my car and lit up with multi-colored lights – but moving too slowly to fly. First thought: that plane is going to crash. I didn't hear jet engine sounds – something else that made no sense: a whooshing kind of silence. The "plane" then shot ahead of me over the roadway, became a large bright orange light and vanished at terrific speed into some trees about a half mile away. I waited for an explosion that never came. No crash, no sound, just darkness.
Later, I parceled out the event into recognizable pieces and understood everything that sighting could not be, leaving one last possibility that many would say is simply impossible. It taught me that some things can be impossible, but at the same time true. Eyes and ears don't lie. Instead, the brain reshapes what's anomalous into something coherent with its existing wiring. Yeah, a plane. Right. Had to be.
This would become, like Hale-Bopp and a lunar eclipse ten years later, a once in a lifetime thing. You can remember it, marvel at it, and then let it slip away.
My wife (and Hale-Bopp cohort from the story above) likes an occasional taste of peach schnapps after dinner or over ice cream, but she finds the usual commercial peach schnapps a little sweet for her tastes.
So we make our own – along the same lines as rhubarb schnapps from an earlier post. You can make this in minutes, then wait a few months before sampling.
1 quart or so of vodka. I always get the bargain brand for this.
1 1/2 peaches, sliced into eight pieces per peach (12 total). It's critical, in our house, to use Georgia peaches, which are still in season for the next couple of weeks or so. Georgia peaches are supreme!
put the 12 peach slices into a quart Mason jar.
pour in the vodka, leaving a half inch of headspace or so.
cap the jar tightly and shake it gently until the sugar is fully dissolved.
store in a cool dark place, and gently shake the jars every few days for the first couple of weeks.
You can drink this nearly anytime, but the flavor improves with age: we usually wait about 3-4 months.


In 2013, the European Commission adopted an EU strategy on adaptation to climate change, welcomed by the EU Member States. The strategy aims to make Europe more climate-resilient. By taking a coherent approach and providing for improved coordination, it aims to enhance the preparedness and capacity of all governance levels to respond to the impacts of climate change.
Promoting action by Member States: The Commission encourages all Member States to adopt comprehensive adaptation strategies (currently 25 have strategies) and provides funding to help them build up their adaptation capacities and take action. It also supports adaptation in cities through the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy initiative.
Better informed decision-making by addressing gaps in knowledge about adaptation and further developing the European climate adaptation platform (Climate-ADAPT).
The Commission published an evaluation of the strategy in November 2018.
The evaluation was accompanied by a public consultation from December 2017 to March 2018 (page available in most EU languages).
The analysis resulted in a report on lessons learned and reflections on improvements for future action, accompanied by a staff working document presenting the evaluation in detail.
The evaluation shows that the strategy has delivered on its objectives, with progress recorded against each of its eight individual actions. The report, nevertheless, outlines how Europe is still vulnerable to climate impacts within and outside its borders.
Since 2013 it has become clearer that international climate action, as enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement, must acknowledge and tackle ongoing and projected impacts at 1.5ºC or 2ºC global warming levels.
The strategy has been a reference point to prepare Europe for the climate impacts to come, at all levels. The Commission will continue working towards its objectives.
The evaluation also suggests areas where more work needs to be done to prepare vulnerable regions and sectors.
horizontal assessment of the 28 country fiches.


Sweet, smart, awkwardly adorable, and beautiful as hell.
she was terrified to leave her apartment.
And, apparently, she had somehow gotten herself wrapped up with some pretty bad guys to boot.
He was a living, breathing, walking, talking statue come to life.
But when would a man like that ever want to be with a woman who was too anxious to even walk into the hallway? Let alone go on a date with him. Or meet the family he was so close with.
That being said, he seemed interested for some reason.
So obviously, he was just as crazy as I was.
First off Jessica can do no wrong in my eyes and with this book its not different. I fell in Love with this book from the first page and just couldn't put it down. It was a love story through and through. I learnt a little about agoraphobia, It was interesting learning so much about this paralyzing condition. My eyes where very much opened!
Ryan is this amazing sweet guy from the start and I fell hard for him. Dusty is this sweetheart who is struggling through life the best way that she can. She wants all the things she feels she just can't have. My heart broke for her at times. They are thrown together in crappy circumstances.
Ryan by Jessica Gadziala is a little softer then her previous books but we still get the action and excitement of her previous books.
This book can be read as a standalone if you wanted but I would highly recommend reading the previous books in the series as there all just as good as the other.
I need Eli's story next, with every Mallick Brothers book he intrigues me more and more!
Jessica Gadziala is a full-time writer, parrot enthusiast, and coffee drinker from New Jersey. She enjoys short rides to the book store, sad songs, and cold weather.


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Doorman pushed woman in the face in 'fast-moving' street fight
Violence erupted outside a city bar
Rebecca SherdleyLegal Affairs Correspondent
Baa Bar in Goose Gate
Chaotic scenes of violence erupted in the street when revellers fought as doormen and police tried to intervene.
But one doorman ended up charged with affray after the incident outside Baa Bar, Goose Gate, in Nottingham, on August 17, 2019.
It started with an interaction between one family member and door staff, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
Gareth Knight, then working as a doorman and who has now joined the Army, pushed a lady to the face and she fell to the floor.
And he punched one man twice.
On CCTV, played in court on Wednesday, December 15, Knight was a member of security staff outside and wearing a green armband at the top of his sleeve.
Talking through the footage, Steven Gosnell, prosecuting, said: "The lady is on the floor. As you can see it is very difficult to say how she got there. There was a push to the face and she goes back to the ground; a direct push to the face which leads her to topple backwards to the floor."
Judge Julie Warburton said staff were clearly dealing with an "unexpected outbreak of violence".
One doorman had appeared to have struck out at one person behind a barrier, which seemed to have caused one person in another group to come rushing at the door staff, followed by other people.
The judge said it was an outbreak of violence where barriers were knocked over and people rushing to the entrance of the premises.
One person was detained and others tried to intervene in that detention. They pushed and pulled away which ultimately spilled out onto the street and further along and out of view of the CCTV where there were further outbreaks of violence.
Two other people have already been dealt with by the courts and were conditionally discharged for 12 months.
Mr Gosnell said: "This defendant pleaded guilty three days before that on September 24 to affray, which helped facilitate pleas by the others to lesser pleas".
David Watts, mitigating, said Knight has joined the Army and had begun his basic training which the judge said "is commendable".
A reference described him as extremely good natured, hardworking, polite and respectable. He has previous convictions for minor offences some years ago.
Mr Watts invited the judge to take an exceptional course with a conditional discharge and he stressed his client had pleaded guilty at the earlier point.
"He indicated to his solicitor a guilty plea some time ago. Unfortunately this was not communicated to the court before the trial which was an admin error on our part."
Judge Warburton said: "In the overall context in this incident, he has done no more than those who pleaded guilty to the lesser offence and I will conditionally discharge him."
She imposed a conditional discharge for 12 months, costs of £180, and a victim surcharge.
She told Knight, 32, of Orchard Grove, Arnold, it was a fast-moving and unexpected situation.
"It seems, on this occasion, this whole situation got the better of you," added the judge. "It was a serious matter and it involved a female, and I hope there will be no repetition in that behaviour".
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Two very different runners -- hotshot Jewish Cambridge scholar Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and rigid Presbyterian missionary Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) -- compete for the British team in the 1924 Olympics, facing intense pressure and complex personal tests of faith. Hugh Hudson directs this edifying 1981 Best Picture Oscar winner, which is based on a true story. Ian Holm co-stars as Abrahams's mentor, Sam Mussabini.
Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell, Daniel Gerroll, Alice Krige, Cherly Campbell, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Ian Holm, Richard Griffiths
Drama, Sports Dramas, Olympics & Other Games, Dramas Based on Real Life
Blu-ray• DVD
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English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Mono
Widescreen 1.85:1
English SDH, French
English: DTS-HD Master Audio, French: Dolby Digital Mono
Parents need to know that this true story of British Olympic runners has very little mature content -- drinking and smoking mostly -- but may be too hard to follow for younger fans of sports movies. The two runners it features are worth discussing with kids, though. One runner is Jewish and fights prejudice through competition. The other is a Scottish missionary and refuses to run an Olympic race on Sunday, even when the Prince of Wales tries to appeal to his love of country. As a side note, a lone Lipton Tea billboard shows up along a racetrack -- a great reminder of just how littered with advertising most sporting events are today.
Some kissing and a mention of a performer at the Savoy Theatre who gets pregnant and has to quit.
Tense moments of competition. A mention at the end of the movie that Eric Liddell was killed in China during World War II. Former runners attend Abrahams' funeral in 1978.
The French are called "frogs" more than once by the British, plus "bloody" and "hell."
High ideals are explored here through the athletic achievements of two men: sticking to principles (most notably here, religious ones), honoring family and country, and overcoming prejudices to make your mark on the world.
Lipton Tea is the only billboard visible at a race.
Lots of social drinking plus smoking of cigarettes and cigars, even by athletes before races. Glasses filled with champagne are propped on hurdles.


The interview is the last step for your success. Always do the best preparation to clear the interview. Some people clear the interview and got the success in life but some people failed to clear the interview and obviously miss the chance of success. People who failed to attempt their first chance in interview generates a fear inside in the next attempt just because of fear they miss another chance also. When your fear level increases then your confidence level decreases.
The job interview is probably the most important step you will take in your journey. It's your best chance to show your skills and abilities to the company and shows that you are the best person for their job.
Your resume is the most important tool that portrays your professional history. A well-written resume helps the interviewer to select you. Your resume must be easy to read and also attractive. This is the first step that leads you to your dream job. A resume is a one page summary of your work experience and uses effective titles for heading. Make sure your cover file or holder should be very simple because simplicity is the best policy.
. While listening nod your head.
.He/She can make sure that an outfit fits well on you and it makes you feel comfortable as well as.
.For women, select a simple jewelery and natural makeup.
In our daily life, communication is the most basic thing. During an interview, a good communication also helps you in selecting. Sometimes, many of us are unable to communicate properly in the interview than they won't be hired. There are one most important thing in communication is that always listen first. The interviewer also judge you from your patience level of listening, if you interrupt the conversation than the interviewer are fed up and don't select you. So always prepare first and be confident. Make sure you communicate well in the interview.
Whenever you go for an interview than research the company first. You must have knowledge about the company, their researches and when did the company was established. It shows to the Interviewer that you keep interests in their company. So be careful and read all the information about company background.
A confident smile always looks attractive on you and it is better than your outer looks. A smile reduces your stress and your nervousness. While interview, don't smile too much because it seems that you are giving fake smile. Always try to smile inappropriate based on the moment. Remember, a confident smile is your secret weapon for success.
It's normal to be nervous before a job interview after all, maybe you are frustrated with your job search, or don't really believe the job for which you are interviewing is a good fit. Sometimes you are afraid that you won't get the job.
Our life based on winning or losing. Everyone face losing once in their life but we have to change our lose to win. If you failed to clear your interview don't give up and think that it was your experience to reach the professional level. Some people getting depressed and think that we never clear an interview, its difficult to clear an interview but you have to close that thinking, stay motivated and remember don't give up maybe your second chance is a good option for you.
Why you should not answer your phone at the job interview? When you answer your cell phone it seems like you are unprofessional, rude and not interested in this interview. Whenever your phone rings or vibrate the interviewer may allow you to take a call but actually, the interviewer may feel distracted and disturb and this will affect your job interview. This is the bad impression that gives to the interviewer. So, silence your phones before your dream job interview.
If you want to crack your dream job interview, then the most important secret is to be confident and focused on interview. Show your positive side with energy and enthusiasm. If you are nervous before your interview then take a deep breath and it will help you to calm your nervousness. If your interview going to the end than think you are really like the job. In the end, close your interview on a positive note, it will give a good impression.


Our sisters love being involved in activities not only in the Greek Community, but all over campus! Almost 100% of our members are a part of at least one other organization on campus. From honors societies to forestry club and everything in between, with our diverse sisterhood its likely you see an Alpha Gam wherever you go!
We love performing in Greek Sing and the Theta Xi Variety Show, building floats for the Homecoming Parade, helping with Saluki Move In, and so much more! Through these activities we've had great opportunities to give back and to connect with students and other chapters across campus, all while making lifelong friends!
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Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom arrives in Downing Street. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire.
Andrea Leadsom said that an accusation that parliament finished business early so the Tories could attend a party fundraiser were "denigrating" the House of Commons.
The Commons leader called the accusation "extremely offensive", after the government was criticised for allowing the House to rise four hours ahead of schedule.
This is despite plans to cancel the planned February recess because there is a backlog of Brexit legislation to get through.
Christian Matheson asked at Business Questions if the early finish was related to the Black and White Ball, an annual Conservative Party event held on the same day in London which Theresa May and other Cabinet ministers attended.
Leadsom hit back saying the comments were "denigrating this House".
She said: "Yesterday we were talking about compensation payments for some people who have suffered from asbestosis and other appalling conditions.
The Commons leader added: "I also think it is extremely offensive for the Honourable Gentleman to make the assertions that he does.
The issue was also raised by Labour MP Diana Johnson, who said she was "disappointed" the House rose early.
"I thought it might be so that some people had to go and get their posh frocks on for the event that has already been raised," she added.
Johnson said she was reassured by Leadsom's earlier answer but called for "sufficient time for members to debate the important issues", and not just Brexit.


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Barawa
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Chagos Islands
Kabylia
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Arameans Suryoye
East Turkistan
Kashmir FA
Tamil Eelam
United Koreans in Japan
Western Papua
Europe (A-M)
Chameria
County of Nice
Délvidék
Donetsk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Republic
Europe (N-Z)
Padania
Romani People
Székely Land
Two Sicilies
Western Armenia
ANBM
Kuskatan
Québéc
Australian First Nations
Federecão Alternativa de Desporto de Estado de São Paulo (FAD)
Selección de Futbol Armenio Argentina (SFAA)
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World Football Cup 2018
European Football Cup 2019
CONIFA's AGM: looking to the future in Jersey
CONIFA began debating its agenda for the coming decade on day one of its 7th Annual General Meeting, opened in Jersey by Global President Per-Anders Blind and Jersey's Assistant Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture Senator, Steve Pallett.
Steve, whose ministerial responsibilities cover the island's sport, reflected on Jersey's rich history of grassroots football – particularly the Jersey Bulls non-league football club – and its fierce sporting rivalry with Guernsey matched only, he claimed, by the Manchester and Liverpool derbies.
Amid the procedural matters and financial reports was a reflection of CONIFA's many successes over 2019: CONIFA's new tournament for footballers with disabilities, the CONIFA No Limits European Football Cup in Monaco, the CONIFA sportsbet.io EFC in Artsakh, and the substantial growth in membership across Asia, the Americas and Oceania.
Today, CONIFA is a global family of 58 member associations representing 409 million people. It is entirely volunteer-run, built atop the passion and commitment of its members, friends and supporters.
But the job of the AGM was to look forward to CONIFA's future. Speaking to the delegates, Per-Anders' asserted that "CONIFA exists to serve its members – you are CONIFA."
To meet this assertion, he asked the members for their own suggestions for CONIFA's direction over the next few years. Putting their heads together, they sent a clear message: CONIFA should work to become a more inclusive, transparent organisation that balances its ethical and moral imperative with laws and regulations.
Suggestions were raised about carbon offsetting and reducing CONIFA's impact on the environment, promoting women's football, and launching more tournaments outside of Europe.
As it grows, CONIFA faces both challenges and opportunities. The discussions that took place at the AGM expressed a shared desire to meet these challenges with a more future-facing, internationalist and inclusive outlook.
As evidence of that growth and expansion, Mapuche, Rapa Nui, Hawaii, West Papua, Crimea and Elba Island were officially confirmed as members of CONIFA, significantly increasing its range in South America, North America, Asia and Europe.
The long-serving General Secretary Sascha Düerkop was re-elected to rapturous applause, alongside 14 other Executive Committee members, finalising the day's events.
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Staffordshire stretches from the Black Country in the south into forest in the north, and within these lands it bears all the contrast of industry and urban life, gentle farmland, modernity and history, and the beginnings of the fell country.
South-eastern Staffordshire is covered by urban growth arising from its central part in the Industrial Revolution. This is the Black Country, rich in coal mines and strung with industrial canals. The heavy industry of the nineteenth century gathered here and in nearby Birmingham, so that all have grown together into a giant conurbation of communities, in which are the City of Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Walsall and Wednesbury.
Another hive of the urban industry, where the Industrial Revolution began, is the Potteries, a district on the upper Trent where six industrial towns grew together to become Stoke on Trent, and which has since grown together with Newcastle under Lyme.
In complete contrast, elsewhere there is fine natural scenery. Dovedale, on the boundary of Staffordshire, and Beresford Dale are renowned. The high ground in the north of the county north of Leek has beautiful valleys as the land rises up to the Peak District.
In the centre of the county is Stafford itself. Lichfield is one of the smaller cities of the land. Restrained in its houses and shops, the city has a large and ornate three-spired mediæval cathedral. The bishopric is one of the oldest in Britain (and indeed it became briefly the seat of an archbishop under King Offa). Eastward there remains something of the open heaths of Cannock Chase. Burton-on-Trent in the east is historically the heart of the brewing industry, a continuing tradition.
County Town: Stafford
Main Towns: Burslem, Burton upon Trent, Hanley, Leek, Lichfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Uttoxeter, Walsall, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton.
Main Rivers: Trent, Penk, Sow, Blithe, Tean, Dove, Churnet, Tame.
Highlights: Alton Towers; Castle Ring hill fort; Lichfield Cathedral; Wightwick Bank; Wedgwood factory, Barlaston; Weston Park.
Highest Point: Cheeks Hill, 1,705 feet.
County Flowers: Heather
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Laser capture microdissection of human pancreatic islets reveals novel eQTLs associated with type 2 diabetes.
Khamis A1, Canouil M2, Siddiq A3, Crouch H3, Falchi M3, Bulow MV4, Ehehalt F5, Marselli L6, Distler M5, Richter D7, Weitz J5, Bokvist K8, Xenarios I9, Thorens B10, Schulte AM4, Ibberson M9, Bonnefond A2, Marchetti P6, Solimena M7, Froguel P11.
Imperial College London, Department of Genomics of Common Disease, London, UK; University of Lille, CNRS, Institute Pasteur de Lille, UMR 8199 - EGID, F-59000, Lille, France.
University of Lille, CNRS, Institute Pasteur de Lille, UMR 8199 - EGID, F-59000, Lille, France.
Imperial College London, Department of Genomics of Common Disease, London, UK.
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Diabetes Research, Frankfurt, Germany.
Department of Visceral-Thoracic-Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany; Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
University of Pisa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy.
Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly, 46285-0001, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Vital-IT Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Genopode Building, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.
Imperial College London, Department of Genomics of Common Disease, London, UK; University of Lille, CNRS, Institute Pasteur de Lille, UMR 8199 - EGID, F-59000, Lille, France. Electronic address: p.froguel@imperial.ac.uk.
Genome wide association studies (GWAS) for type 2 diabetes (T2D) have identified genetic loci that often localise in non-coding regions of the genome, suggesting gene regulation effects. We combined genetic and transcriptomic analysis from human islets obtained from brain-dead organ donors or surgical patients to detect expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) and shed light into the regulatory mechanisms of these genes.
Pancreatic islets were isolated either by laser capture microdissection (LCM) from surgical specimens of 103 metabolically phenotyped pancreatectomized patients (PPP) or by collagenase digestion of pancreas from 100 brain-dead organ donors (OD). Genotyping (> 8.7 million single nucleotide polymorphisms) and expression (> 47,000 transcripts and splice variants) analyses were combined to generate cis-eQTLs.
After applying genome-wide false discovery rate significance thresholds, we identified 1,173 and 1,021 eQTLs in samples of OD and PPP, respectively. Among the strongest eQTLs shared between OD and PPP were CHURC1 (OD p-value=1.71 × 10-24; PPP p-value = 3.64 × 10-24) and PSPH (OD p-value = 3.92 × 10-26; PPP p-value = 3.64 × 10-24). We identified eQTLs in linkage-disequilibrium with GWAS loci T2D and associated traits, including TTLL6, MLX and KIF9 loci, which do not implicate the nearest gene. We found in the PPP datasets 11 eQTL genes, which were differentially expressed in T2D and two genes (CYP4V2 and TSEN2) associated with HbA1c but none in the OD samples.
eQTL analysis of LCM islets from PPP led us to identify novel genes which had not been previously linked to islet biology and T2D. The understanding gained from eQTL approaches, especially using surgical samples of living patients, provides a more accurate 3-dimensional representation than those from genetic studies alone.
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Q: How to roll out latest .net framework on Azure VM? I created a Azure VM (windows sever 2016) using azure portal. It has .net 4.6.2 installed on it. Now I want to roll out latest available .net framework (4.7/ 4.7.1) on it. One option is to download required framework and install it on the VM. I am sure there should be some other better way to roll out .net framework on Azure VMs using Azure portal or ARM template. Please help me with the option available for the same.

A: Like the other answer says, you could use Azure Powershell DSC extensión, but there other ways to achieve that.
Usually you dont want the latest versión of the specific app\framework. You want the versión you've tested your app\code against (so its pretty static). You could créate a VM, install all the stuff you need and capture it. You will get an image and from that image you can deploy copies of the VM. That process can be automated with packer (so you dont have to build\recapture manually when\if you want to update something).
Another options is using Azure VM Script Extensión, which is a lot easier than diving into Powershell DSC.
Also, sometimes you could find an image in the gallery that corresponds to your needs (but I doubt that it is the case this time).

A: There is not currently a way in the Azure portal to deploy/upgrade .NET Framework in a VM.  If this was something you were going to be doing a bunch I think you should use PowerShell Desired State Configuration (to install/update .NET Framework) in an Azure Resource Manager (ARM Template).  This is a good walk through for what that process would look like.

A: If you use Run Command from the Azure Portal to run Start-Process you can get it to run a script from storage to install .net framework.


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Waf.Foundation;

namespace Waf.NewsReader.Domain
{
    [DataContract]
    public class Feed : ValidatableModel
    {
        [DataMember] private readonly Uri uri;
        [DataMember] private readonly ObservableCollection<FeedItem> items;
        [DataMember] private string? name;
        private string? title;
        private ReadOnlyObservableList<FeedItem>? readOnlyItems;
        private int unreadItemsCount;
        private bool isLoading;
        private Exception? loadError;
        private string? loadErrorMessage;
        private IDataManager? dataManager;

        public Feed(Uri uri)
        {
            // Note: Serializer does not call the constructor.
            this.uri = uri;
            items = new ObservableCollection<FeedItem>();
            Initialize();
        }

        public Uri Uri => uri;

        [Required]
        public string? Name
        {
            get => name;
            set => SetPropertyAndValidate(ref name, value);
        }

        public string? Title
        {
            get => title;
            set
            {
                if (SetProperty(ref title, value))
                {
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Name)) Name = value;
                }
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        }

        public IReadOnlyObservableList<FeedItem> Items => readOnlyItems ??= new ReadOnlyObservableList<FeedItem>(items);

        public int UnreadItemsCount
        {
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            private set => SetProperty(ref unreadItemsCount, value);
        }

        public bool IsLoading
        {
            get => isLoading;
            private set => SetProperty(ref isLoading, value);
        }

        public Exception? LoadError
        {
            get => loadError;
            private set => SetProperty(ref loadError, value);
        }

        public string? LoadErrorMessage
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            private set => SetProperty(ref loadErrorMessage, value);
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        internal IDataManager? DataManager
        {
            get => dataManager;
            set
            {
                if (dataManager == value) { return; }

                if (dataManager != null)
                {
                    dataManager.PropertyChanged -= DataManagerPropertyChanged;
                }
                dataManager = value;
                if (dataManager != null)
                {
                    dataManager.PropertyChanged += DataManagerPropertyChanged;
                    TrimItemsList();
                }
            }
        }

        public void StartLoading()
        {
            IsLoading = true;
            LoadError = null;
            LoadErrorMessage = null;
        }

        public void UpdateItems(IReadOnlyList<FeedItem> newFeedItems, bool excludeMarkAsRead = false, bool cloneItemsBeforeInsert = false)
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            foreach (var item in newFeedItems)
            {
                var foundItem = items.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Uri == item.Uri && x.Uri.Fragment == item.Uri.Fragment);
                if (foundItem != null)
                {
                    foundItem.ApplyValuesFrom(item, excludeMarkAsRead);
                }
                else
                {
                    int i;
                    for (i = 0; i < items.Count; i++)
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                        {
                            break;
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                    var itemToInsert = cloneItemsBeforeInsert ? item.Clone() : item;
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                }
            }
            if (DataManager != null)
            {
                TrimItemsList();
            }
            IsLoading = false;
        }

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        {
            LoadError = loadError;
            LoadErrorMessage = loadErrorMessage;
            IsLoading = false;
        }

        private void Initialize()
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            items.CollectionChanged += ItemsCollectionChanged;
            foreach (var item in items)
            {
                item.PropertyChanged += FeedItemPropertyChanged;
            }
            UpdateUnreadItemsCount();
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        }

        private void DataManagerPropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            TrimItemsList();
        }

        private void ItemsCollectionChanged(object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
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            foreach (var item in e.OldItems?.Cast<FeedItem>() ?? Enumerable.Empty<FeedItem>())
            {
                item.PropertyChanged -= FeedItemPropertyChanged;
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                item.PropertyChanged += FeedItemPropertyChanged;
            }
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        private void FeedItemPropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.PropertyName == nameof(FeedItem.MarkAsRead))
            {
                UpdateUnreadItemsCount();
            }
        }

        private void TrimItemsList()
        {
            uint i = 0;
            var minDate = DateTimeOffset.Now - DataManager!.ItemLifetime;
            foreach (var item in items.ToArray())
            {
                if (i >= DataManager.MaxItemsLimit
                    || item.Date < minDate)
                {
                    items.Remove(item);
                }
                i++;
            }
        }

        private void UpdateUnreadItemsCount()
        {
            UnreadItemsCount = Items.Count(x => !x.MarkAsRead);
        }

        [OnDeserialized]
        private void OnDeserialized(StreamingContext context)
        {
            Initialize();
        }
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Five Impact ACC Transfers
WHich transfers will impact the Acc race the most in 2020-21?
It has become commonplace in college basketball that players will play for multiple programs during their collegiate career. Whether it be through traditional transfer or graduate transfer, very rarely does a player "commit" to a school and remain there for all four years.
Now, I am not here to tell you whether or not it is a good thing or a bad thing, just that it is indeed…a thing. It creates a certain amount of drama within the college basketball landscape knowing that in a sport where the coaches often swing their big dicks around, the players do possess some semblance of power.
Regardless of your thoughts on transfers, or the system, they are here and they have a massive impact on college basketball. While some, and arguably most, don't work out when they arrive in the Atlantic Coast Conference, this season's incoming upperclassmen may prove to be the exception instead of the rule. These five players will absolutely impact the final ACC standings in 2020-21
Carlik Jones-Guard-Louisville (via Radford)
Jones was the biggest addition to the ACC during the 2020 offseason as Louisville hit the transfer market with tremendous success again. Jones is a flat out stud of a player whom I've had the privilege of watching a few times at this point.
The 2-time All-Big South first team member was also player of the year in 2019-20 in his conference after averaging 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists while shooting 41% from behind the three-point line.
You may thinking, "Yeah, he played in the Big South, so what." Well, that may be true but Carlik has also played seven games against power six schools in his career and has performed pretty well. In those seven games, Jones has averaged 14.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists while shooting 10-17 from behind the arc. You should also note that he is not one dimensional like some players who "transfer up" seem to be, as he also finished in the top ten in the Big South in steals each of his three seasons and currently owns the 7th highest assist percentage in Big South history.
Jones' presence should also provide some relief for David Johnson at the point guard position and ultimately some relief for Chris Mack's potential heartburn. Johnson averaged nearly five turnovers per 40 minutes as a freshman while Jones had a usage rate of 30.7% last season and only averaged 2.8 turnovers per 40.
Sardaar Calhoun-Wing-FSU (via JUCO)
Last season, Virginia benefited from a high end JUCO transfer in Tomas Woldetensae. This season, the Seminoles welcome their own difference maker from the JUCO ranks in Calhoun. In two seasons with Missouri State West Plains, Calhoun averaged 18.2 points per game and drilled 183 triples in 414 attempts. That's good for 44.2%.
Calhoun is a 6'6 205lb wing out of Blue Ridge Academy originally and should slide into a prominent bench role in Tallahassee. While he may be sitting behind M.J. Walker, Anthony Polite and Scottie Barnes, I expect him to get more run than RayQuan Evans and Nathaniel Jack.
Sardaar is wired to score (he put up 48 in a game at the JUCO level) and given the losses that Coach Leonard Hamilton suffered following the 2019-20 season, the 'Noles will be looking for guys to put the ball in the basket.
Sam Hauser-forward-virginia (via Marquette)
Simply put, Hauser is the biggest impact transfer in the ACC this season. A 6'8 forward, Hauser was forced to sit out last season due to transfer regulations (eye-roll), but his addition makes Virginia the instant favorite in the league.
At Marquette, he was part of the one of the most high-powered offenses in college basketball during the 2018-19 season. The trio of Hauser, his brother Joey, and scoring machine Markus Howard combined to score 50 points per game and nearly 280 made triples on the season.
Sam is not just a threat from deep either, he snags 6 rpg over the course of his career with a couple of assists to go along with his 42% career three-point shooting and 88% free throw shooting. His addition along with an upperclassman Kihei Clark and sophomore breakout candidate Casey Morsell could mark the return of the efficient Virginia offense we saw for so many seasons leading up to the 2019-20 campaign.
Alan Griffin- Forward-Syracuse ( via Illinois)
This one teeters on an approved waiver by the NCAA. I think it will (or at least should) be approved. However, there is always the chance that the person at the NCAA who makes these decisions is a Louisiana-Monroe graduate whose program is on probation while he's watching Kansas ice skate and pirouette through their allegations while remaining unscathed and he just snaps and rubber stamps denied.
Kansas is going to walk. Watch, it's going to happen.
Anyways, on paper it may not look like Griffin is a big deal but he really is. You first need to remember that Illinois was a hell of a team last season with a legit star in Ayo Dosunmu and a behemoth big man in Kofi (Coburn) Cockburn, not to mention Trent Frazier and Andres Feliz. When this kid is your fifth leading scorer, you're going to be ok.
Looking at Griffin's per 40 numbers, he is ready to breakout in a way similar to Eli Hughes prior to the 2019-20 season when Hughes led the ACC in scoring. I am not completely sure that Griffin will lead the league in scoring but he is a better shooter than Hughes was at this point in his career and his offensive rating is miles better.
In the Jim Boeheim world of college basketball it's more about Jimmys and Joes than X's and O's and your players play a ton of minutes. If Griffin is eligible he will almost certainly lead the Orange in scoring while being the answer to the biggest question for Syracuse heading into next season: Who replaces Eli Hughes' production?
Nysier brooks-center-miami (fl) (VIA cincinatti)
What have we all been saying for years about the 'Canes? They need a quality big man. Since Dewan Hernandez was deemed ineligible, Coach Jim Larranaga has had to patchwork a front court around one of the best scoring guards in the conference in Chris Lykes. Enter Nysier Brooks, a hard nosed 6'11, 240lb center from Philly who averaged 8.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks for Cincinnati in 2018-19.
Brooks sat out last season due to transfer rules but should provide the piece that Miami has been missing for years. Ebuka Izundu was great for the 'Canes in 18-19 but there was nobody behind him. With Brooks, Larranaga has Rodney Miller, Deng Gak (if healthy, big if), Anthony Walker (breakout?) and Sam Waardenburg who adds a different dimension to the offense with his shooting ability.
Brooks made a big jump in his minutes per game for the Bearcats as a junior, more than doubling his average court time and playing 23 mpg. Putting him in the starting lineup and having Miller play 14-16 minutes instead of 24 makes this Miami team far more dangerous, especially on the defensive end.
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MTI will retain its management structure and will operate as a subsidiary of Cabcharge, excluding MTI's metering business. The two companies said they would invest more than $10 million into advanced Taxi dispatch and payment services.
"MTI management and staff are excited by the acquisition. Combining our resources will provide our customers with a new level of tools and innovation and strengthen MTI's capacity to grow the business globally," MTI chairman Matthew Bellizia said.
The transaction is expected to complete in the second half of the calendar year and is subject to confirmation from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Last year, Telstra bought the other part of MTI's business, MTData, which provides GPS fleet management and dispatch systems for a range of industries that heavily rely on vehicles, such as transport, government departments and public services.


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Bloomington, IL- On a fast and cold circuit through the Hilton Indian Hills Resort, University of Louisville rider Abner Miralda won the first cyclocross race for the Cardinals of the year. Josh Goodman rounded out the podium with a solid 3rd place.
The two-mile course through the golf course featured several sweeping turns and multiple deep sand pits made of sand traps and a beach volleyball court. The final obstacle was a steep run-up that dropped into the long rise to the finish line.
The Class C winner, Miralda said, "I was a little nervous at first, but when the whistle blew I just focused on pushing the pedals." His favorite part of the course was the run up at the end. "I got to heckle the hecklers for not being good at it," he laughed.
The Cardinals will race next in Indianapolis, IN at the Ohio Valley Cyclocross Series race on December 7th. The race is the Mid-West Collegiate Conference Championship race.
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Sixers have 10 wins, as many as all of last season
by Dan Levy January 8, 2017 January 17, 2023
Credit: CSN Philly
The Sixers beat the Brooklyn Nets Sunday, 105-95, in a relatively meaningless regular season game for both teams. Except it absolutely wasn't meaningless — not for two teams fighting to stay out of last place in the Eastern conference. (Note: those still in tanking mode might say the game was better for the loser, but we've changed our tone in Philly this year. At least until we get closer to the NBA Draft.)
Joel Embiid and Dario Saric led the Sixers on Sunday, as Embiid dropped 20 points with five rebounds and four assists and Saric came off the bench with 18 points and five boards, including 3-for-6 from beyond the arc. Nik Stauskas was, again, an insane plus-22 in the game, his third game in the last four with a double-digit plus minus rating.
The victory for the Sixers is, indeed, significant. Not only does the W put Phily two games ahead of Brooklyn in the Atlantic division, but the Sixers are only one win behind the Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves, making them not only not the worst team in the NBA, but almost the fifth worst team in the NBA. Progress!
Jokes aside, there is progress. While Joel Embiid has been getting "Trust the Process" chants in opposing buildings — loud in both Boston and Brooklyn this weekend — The Process is beginning to take shape on the basketball court. Ten wins in 35 games isn't great, but it's better.
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Last season, the Sixers finished with just 10 wins, notching their 10th on April 5, 2016, their 78th game of the season. In the 2014-15 campaign, the Sixers won their 10th game on January 30, the 47th game of the season. They won 18 games that year.
The first full season Sam Hinkie was in charge of dismantling the roster in hopes of tanking for the future, the Sixers actually won their 10th game sooner than they did this season, getting to double-digit victories on January 4, 2014, in game 33 of the season. That Sixers team managed just nine more wins all year.
Something suggests this year's team will finish with more.
It wasn't always like this, remember, While the Sixers got their 10th win this year in the 35th game, they managed win No. 10 in just the 16th game of the 2012-13 season. Those Sixers had some hope, a year after making the playoffs, but they lost eight of their next 10 and 16 of their next 21 to go in the tank. Not literally, of course, that started the following season, but Doug Collins' final season in Philly ended 34-48, when Collins officially quit on the team he had ostensibly given up on weeks before.
To Brett Brown's credit, no matter how few and far between the wins have come, he hasn't quit on his team.
The last time the Sixers made the playoffs — which, let's be clear, they probably won't this year — they won their 10th game on January 16th. Of course, that season didn't start until Christmas because of a labor dispute, but still, the Sixers managed 35 wins in 66 games that year. On talent, this team is better than that team, especially when Ben Simmons returns from injury. There are just 47 games left in this current season, and there's a decent chance Brown's team can go on a run at some point to finish that stretch with 25.
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More likely, the Sixers will finish the season, not the final 47 games, with 25 wins. But even that mark will show the type of progress the team promised at the beginning of the season.
On September 20, the Sixers were tabbed by Vegas insiders to have 27.5 wins — note: half wins are so no bets end up a push — and that was 10 days before Simmons went down with a broken bone in his foot. To see the Simmons-less Sixers at 10 wins in 35 games, on pace for 23.5 wins makes sense. And yet, Nerlens Noel is back in good graces with Brown, Embiid is only getting better, and his minutes are getting longer, and the rest of the roster is starting to figure out how to play with a budding star who is probably going to start the All-Star game and is destined to win Rookie of the Year this season.
In other words, everyone is actually beginning to trust the process. Other than, perhaps, Jahilil Okafor, who was benched for the second-straight game after he was getting far too many minutes for his production while Noel sat. Now, it's Okafor who is sitting and Noel getting meaningful minutes, which makes fans happy, Noel happy, Embiid happy and the rest of the team excited for winning basketball. The Sixers have 10 wins. Most importantly, they've won three of their last four games, heading into another winnable contest with the Knicks. The goal of becoming the fifth-worst team in the NBA is real.
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Ford Motor Co Chairman Mr Bill Ford said the automaker is open to more than one approach to building its businesses based on mobile internet connections and alternatives to traditional car ownership, including mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and going it alone.
"M&A may be a part of what we do, so could partnerships and so could proprietary" efforts the automaker undertakes on its own, Mr Ford said in an interview.
"We are in an experimental stage," Ford said.
Ford Chief Executive Mr Mark Fields, in a separate interview, also said the automaker is exploring various options to boost its move into car-sharing, self-driving technology and services built on staying connected with customers during the 900 or so hours a year they are behind the wheel.
Neither Ford nor Fields would comment on speculation that Ford is pursuing some form of alliance with internet leader Alphabet Inc's Google to collaborate on development of self-driving cars, or what the industry calls autonomous vehicles.
Ford is pursuing its own efforts to develop autonomous driving technology, and said last week it would triple the size of its self-driving car test fleet to 30 vehicles.
"The technology may be ready before society is," the chairman said, referring to autonomous cars.
As the US No. 2 automaker builds its new mobility and connected vehicle businesses, Ford the chairman said his company may consider new management structures.
The automaker's capital-intensive core business of building cars and trucks operates with different rates of return on investment, and different levels of risk, from investing in rapidly changing technologies or service businesses.
Ford's previous CEO, Mr Alan Mulally, pushed the automaker to operate as "One Ford," with executives from different operations meeting weekly to share information and resolve problems.